Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Introduction to the verb empercher
The English translation of the French verb empercher is “to prevent” or “to hinder.” It is pronounced as “ahm-per-shay” in its infinitive form.
The word empercher comes from the Latin verb “impedicare” which means “to entangle.” It entered the French language in the 14th century and has evolved to mean “to hinder” or “to prevent.”
In everyday French, empercher is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a hypothetical or possible action that would prevent or hinder something else from happening.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense:
- Si je gagnais à la loterie, j’empercherais mes enfants de travailler. (If I won the lottery, I would prevent my children from working.)
- S’il y avait plus de contrôles, on empercherait les fraudes. (If there were more inspections, we would prevent fraud.)
- Nous empercherions ce projet s’il y avait trop de risques. (We would prevent this project if there were too many risks.)
English translations:
- If I won the lottery, I would prevent my children from working.
- If there were more inspections, we would prevent fraud.
- We would prevent this project if there were too many risks.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of empercher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | empêcherais | Je empêcherais la catastrophe. | I would prevent disaster. |
tu | empêcherais | Tu empêcherais le vol. | You would prevent theft. |
il | empêcherait | Il empêcherait le crime. | He would prevent crime. |
elle | empêcherait | Elle empêcherait la maladie. | She would prevent disease. |
on | empêcherait | On empêcherait la pollution. | One would prevent pollution. |
nous | empêcherions | Nous empêcherions la guerre. | We would prevent war. |
vous | empêcheriez | Vous empêcheriez l’incendie. | You would prevent fire. |
ils | empêcheraient | Ils empêcheraient la corruption. | They would prevent corruption. |
elles | empêcheraient | Elles empêcheraient la violence. | They would prevent violence. |
Other Conjugations for Empercher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
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Empercher – About the French Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Polite Requests
Expressing Hypothetical Situations
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Perfect
Summary
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